Archive for August, 2009
New Porsche 911 GT3 Cup to debut in Frankfurt
Stronger, wider, faster: Porsche’s new 911 GT3 Cup car is the latest-edition of the world’s best-selling and most successful production-based race car of more than 1,400 units. It will be introduced at the Frankfurt Motor Show September 17-27, 2009,
along side the previously-announced 2010 911 Turbo and 911 GT3 RS. [...]
Team Modena fired out of LMS second place
A strong finish in the fourth round of the 2009 Le Mans Series at the Nurburgring was denied Team Modena this Sunday, August 23rd, when with just over an hour of the 1000km race remaining Leo Mansell was hit from behind by another car and fired off the track from second place in the LM GT2 class, costing the team five laps. [...]
Audi contests “Petit Le Mans” race in the USA
For the first time since its victorious debut at Sebring in March, the technologically innovative Audi R15 TDI will again compete in an endurance race in the USA: On September 26, Audi Sport Team Joest will contest the 1000-mile “Petit Le Mans” race, which is part of the American Le Mans Series, at Road Atlanta (Georgia) with two cars.[...]
A look back: The 1000 km of the Nürburgring
After the Le Mans Series round at Portimão it was time for round four at the Nürburgring. Our team went to Germany and came back with a fine selection of pictures of the GT and LMP cars racing in the Eifel. Find the gallery with over 50 pictures of the fiery race here!
Spyker Squadron 2nd in 1000 km of the Nürburgring
SNORAS Spyker Squadron took a brilliant second place in the 1000 km of the Nurburgring this afternoon. Despite starting from the back of the grid Spyker regular drivers Jarek Janis (CZE) and Tom Coronel (NLD) secured for the second time a podium place in the German Le Mans Series round.[...]
A Swiss driver for the Matech GT Racing team at the Hungaroring
Jonathan Hirschi, a talented young Swiss driver, will join the Matech GT Racing team for the fifth round of the FIA GT Championship in Budapest this week-end. At the Hungaroring, he will share the cockpit of the Matech Ford GT1 with experienced driver Thomas Mutsch. [...]
JMW Motorsport take 9th place but the title fight lives on
JMW Motorsport had a tough weekend at the fourth round of the Le Mans Series, held at Nurburgring. Fresh from their maiden victory at Portimao in the third round, JMW Motorsport qualified fourth on the grid which saw just 0.5 seconds cover the top 4. [...]
Third podium of the season for OAK Racing Team Mazda France
The fourth round of this season’s Le Mans Series proved a superb one for OAK Racing Team Mazda France after their #35 entry of Matthieu Lahaye and Karim Ajlani claimed third position in LMP2. It was the pair’s second podium of the campaign after achieving a similar result at Spa-Francorchamps in May whilst the #24 car also finished third in Le Mans in June. [...]
Broken silencer spoils Nürburgring LMS race for Drayson
Drayson Racing’s trials in 2009 continued today with the 1,000km of Nürburgring – round four in the five race Le Mans Series championship. First, the No. 87 Drayson Racing Aston Martin Vantage GT2 was forced to start from the back of the field when an engine failure at the previous round of the championship (Portugal) mandated an engine be replaced [...]
Ginetta-Zytek wins again and increases lead in LMP2 championship
Quifel-ASM Team drivers Oliver Pla and Miguel Amaral have once again taken their Ginetta-Zytek to victory in the LMP2 class of a Le Mans Series round. As during the previous race in Portugal the pair were more than two laps ahead of their nearest rival at the end of the ADAC 1,000km of the Nürburgring. [...]
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